• Business and Industry
• Community Economic Development
• Crops
• Environment
• Farm Management
• Finances
• Food, Nutrition and Health
• Home and Family
• Kids and Teens/4-H
• Livestock
• Yard and Garden

• Conferences
• Disaster Recovery
• Hotlines
• Off-campus courses
• Safety
• Spanish/Espanol
• Weather
• Iowa State University
• ISU Extension

Palo Alto County Extension Staff

Robert  Behnkendorf
Palo Alto County & Kossuth County Director
bbehnk@iastate.edu

Julie  Naig
County Youth Coordinator
jnaig@iastate.edu

Denise  Flaherty
Office Manager
denise@iastate.edu

Field Specialists serving our county

Lisa  Berkland
NorthWest Youth Field Specialist
lisaberk@iastate.edu

Nancy  Clark
Family Nutrition and Health Specialist
nanclark@iastate.edu

Dennis  DeWitt
Livestock Specialist
dewitt@iastate.edu

Jane  Goeken
Communities Field Specialist
jngoeken@iastate.edu

Ron  Hook
Farm Management
rhook@iastate.edu

Jan  Burke
Family Resource Management Field Specialist
janburk@iastate.edu

Paul  Kassel
Crop Field Specialist
kassel@iastate.edu

Kris  Kohl
Agricultural Engineering Field Specialist
kkohl1@iastate.edu

Chris  Mondrak
Dairy Field Specialist
emondak@iastate.edu

Rhonda  Rosenboom
Family Field Life Specialist
rrosenb@iastate.edu

Jerry  Weiss
Swine Field Specialist
weissj@iastate.edu

ISU Extension Staff Directory [http://www.extension.iastate.edu/staffdir.html]